I had thought about starting this off with a joke—something about how phone calls I don’t expect or having to wear pants terrifies me. While both of those things are true, though—and let’s not forget the horrors of having to decide if those I am not a robot test...
Sure, we’ve all seen the familiar fem dom tropes. Some of us might have even tried one or two (don’t worry, your bedroom’s secrets are safe with me). But even though lots of the ‘usual’ kinks work well, there is so much more to fem dom than brandishing a whip, wearing...
At first glance, horror and romance are so different that the idea of combining them in one story might seem weird. While the genres have obvious differences, they also have similarities. Both horror and romance depend on intense emotions. One unlocks people’s fears...
Vampires are a kink and have been for centuries. And that’s not an immortality joke. I’m serious. Ever since Bram Stoker scared the bejeezus out of pretty much the entirety of Europe, we’ve been fixated on bloodsuckers. I’m definitely not immune, although for me, it...
What is steampunk? Well, I ought to have an answer for that, as it’s something I’ve frequently been asked as I stroll around in my top hat, goggles and bustle skirt, my trusty octopus familiar (the original Archie) by my side. Like most things, it’s not all that...
I spent a quarter century writing submissions to the FDA for new medical products. In my late 50s, I read a well-meaning article in the New York Times Book Review by an older erotic writer, urging her sisters to create characters in their 20s, if they wanted to be...
